Steeled by Judith Peck

Steeled, 40x60 inches (diptych) Oil and plaster on board by Judith Peck

This is one of the most powerful paintings that I've seen this year so far... by the spectacularly talented DMV painter Judith Peck. 

Everything matters here... the look, the shape and size of the hands, the curling of the toes, the light in the sky, the shape of the light in the sky, the masculinity of the rocks, the tenderness of the veins on the feet, and the cryptography embedded in the light reflections in the folds of the clothing... can you amateur cryptologists decipher the message?